LAND TENURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN

by Agha Sajjad Haider and Frithjof Kuhnen *


I. OBJECTIVES

The objectives of this paper are:

  • to describe the various forms of land tenure in Pakistan and to analyze the problems arising from them;
  • to determine the impact of recent technological changes on the land tenure situation;
  • to assess the likely impact of the Land Reform Regulation of 1972;
  • to assess the effects of present land tenure systems on rural development, i.e. production, welfare and the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRD?).


*
Dr. A. S. Haider is Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural University, Lyallpur, Pakistan.

Dr. F. Kuhnen is Professor of Rural Development and Director of the Institute for Foreign Agriculture, University of Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany.